LOST THEIR TEMPERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17152, 30 September 1926, Page 7

LOST THEIR TEMPERS

I LABORITES IN COMMONS STORMY COAL DEBATE CHURCHILL POURS OUT SCORN (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, September 28. Describing the closing scenes in the : House of Commons the Daily Express says: "Mr. Lloyd George put searching i questions to Mr. Winston Churchill, with n view to elucidating the C.overn- ' merit's offer. These, perhaps, were too penetrating for .Mr. Churchill to answer, j but the Socialists saved him from awkI waidne'ss because they rapidly lost their temper as he poured out scorn on the futility of again dragging out fn'e terms. . which the miners had rejected. It was I the crescendo of hot feelings until the I stroke of eleven o'clock, whereupon .Mr. j Churchill, shouting above the storm that ' he thought more of Mr. Cook and Mr. i Smith than of Laborites who were seeki ing to make party capital, banged his j dispatch box. and declined to enter into 'a detailed discussion of the Government's offer." MINERS' DELEGATES MEET TO CONSIDER THE SITUATION LONDON, September 28. The miners' delegates "from all parts of the country will meet in London today. Mr. A. •). Cook, secretary of the British Miners' Association, last night stated that the executive had not prei pared any recommendation. The conference would consider the I whole situation. He denied a report that he talked to Mr. Winston Churchill on Monday night; "it was merely a passing handshake," he said. 2000 MEN RETURN LANCASHIRE BALLOT SURPRISE Sun. Cables.) LONDON, September 29. The miners' executive are surprised at the result of a secret ballot in Atheri ton, Lancashire, where the miners, by 982 to 323, decided to resume work on the employers' terms. Two thousand men are involved and the pits will be opened to-day.